A set of five embroidered silk panels/chair covers, Qing dynasty (1644-1912).
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Two panels with gold against brown background depicting buddhist lions amidst clouds above waves and roundels of stylized dragons. Measurements 162x50,5 cm and 163,5x50 cm. One panel in gold against brown silk with precious objects and stylised dragons in a roundel. 162 x 51,5 cm. One panel in gold against brown silk with mythological beast above waves, with a flaming pearl to the side, measurement 95x69 cm, and one panel with buddhist lion above roundel and phoenix birds. Measurement 168 x 61 cm.
Damages, stains, loose threads.
Provenance
From the Collection of Emil Hultmark (1872-1943). Emil Hultmark was one of the co-founders of the ‘Kinaklubben’ (China Club) in Stockholm in the 1920's with Carl Kempe (1884-1967) and the Crown Prince Gustav Adolf. He is a well known collector and his beautiful home and summer house is well documented in the magazine 'Svenska Hem i ord och bild' in the 1930's, which provide us with a fascinating window into this golden age of European collecting.
Literature
See Svenska Hem i ord och bild, 1936, depicted on page 173.